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Kamala Aliyeva

San Francisco,CA

Summary

Accomplished and motivated Senior Software Test Engineer with 8 years of experience in automation and manual testing of web, mobile, and desktop applications in agile environments. Extensive experience in troubleshooting systems, Functional, REST API, UI and Regression testing. Strong background in developing and implementing quality assurance processes, procedures, and documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports. Adept at working under tight deadlines and rapidly changing priorities, liaising with developers, business analysts, and user representatives in application design and document reviews.


Deep understanding of software development and production processes, with knowledge of SDLC and STLC methodologies and tools. Enjoy learning new technologies and challenging concepts quickly and implementing them effectively. Excellent organizational and time-management skills, attention to detail, strong analytical abilities, and teamwork skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Guaranteed Rate Inc
08.2021 - Current
  • Executed manual test cases across web and mobile applications to ensure functional accuracy and user experience.
  • Performed smoke testing in both staging and production environments to validate deployments and system stability.
  • Created and managed bug tickets in JIRA, providing clear reproduction steps, logs, and screenshots for faster resolution.
  • Collaborated with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify requirements and improve test coverage.
  • Conducted regression testing before release cycles, ensuring high-quality delivery with minimal defects.
  • Verified bug fixes and retested impacted functionality before moving to production.
  • Participated in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives within Agile/Scrum teams.
  • Supported QA knowledge transfer, improving documentation and test case repositories.

Software QA Engineer

Senpex - On-Demand Couriers Instant Delivery
05.2019 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: Go-to delivery service company application for multiple drop-offs across Bay Area.
  • Assisting the business team to write Use Cases for specific customer requirements
  • Participating in daily stand-up, scrum and sprint planning
  • Perform backend API testing using Postman
  • Performed all kind of testing including Smoke Testing, Positive, Negative, Functional, Regression, and GUI Testing.
  • Developing Test cases against business requirements using Jira.
  • Maintaining existing regression catalog
  • Using Chrome Dev Tools for testing Web applications
  • Tracking and reporting defects in Jira bug tracking system
  • Following the three-week sprint cycle for agile development and release cycles
  • Query MySQL database for data ingestion and data integrity testing
  • Interacting with the offshore development and testing team
  • Prepare status summary reports with details of executed
  • Involved in triaging bug processes to help meeting code freeze
  • Participating in production releases and rollbacks
  • Running Unix commands to server logs
  • Providing constructive feedback to peers
  • Helping team with improvement around process and reports

Software QA Engineer

PergoRoof
02.2017 - 05.2019
  • Work directly with scrum teams to create testing user stories on their behalf.
  • Maintain test cases and conduct weekly patch and periodic regression testing.
  • Testing execution (Functional, UI, Smoke, System, and Regression Testing).
  • Provided localization testing using fluency in English, Russian and Turkish.
  • Provided progress updates to scrum teams on progress.
  • Generated reports, analyzed the test results and overall product status, maintained test documentation.

Education

Master degree - MBA Management

Azerbaijan State Economic University
06-2016

Bachelor degree - Finance and Credit

Azerbaijan State Economic University
06-2014

Skills

  • Platforms: Windows, Mac OS, Linux
  • Mobile Testing: Xcode, Android studio , Browser stack , Sauce lab
  • Web testing : Chrome Dev Tool
  • Programing languages : HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python
  • API Testing: Postman, Swagger
  • Project Management and Bug Tracking: Jira, Trello
  • Database : SQL (Dbeaver)
  • Troubleshooting tools: Datadog, Sentry ,Graylog, Google Cloud
  • Version Control: GitHub, Bitbucket
  • CI/CD: CircleCI, Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub Actions
  • Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud
  • Test Documentation: Writing and executing test cases, test plans, test scenarios, and defect reports
  • Environment Testing: Cross-browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox) and mobile testing (iOS/Android)
  • Agile/Scrum Practices: Active participation in daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
  • Soft Skills: Strong attention to detail, analytical problem-solving, effective communication with developers, product owners

Timeline

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Guaranteed Rate Inc
08.2021 - Current

Software QA Engineer

Senpex - On-Demand Couriers Instant Delivery
05.2019 - 08.2021

Software QA Engineer

PergoRoof
02.2017 - 05.2019

Master degree - MBA Management

Azerbaijan State Economic University

Bachelor degree - Finance and Credit

Azerbaijan State Economic University

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